Question of the Day: What movie has the best dinner scene?
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26 Comments:
Hands down winner - "Tom Jones" w/ Albert Finney!
pageycooks at 8:07AM on 01/23/07
Big Night
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115678/
You can practically taste the food and wine in the main scene of the movie where they have one last big night to try and save their restaurant
ThatGirl153 at 8:54AM on 01/23/07
Big Night, for sure.
Allan at 9:04AM on 01/23/07
"Under The Tuscan Sun"
Italy, fresh food, more food, a groaning table, an inspired cook, appreciative diners...what more can we want?
bookgirl at 9:09AM on 01/23/07
"Moonstruck" is the obvious choice. ("Old man -- if you give those dogs another bite of my food, I'm gonna kick you 'til you're dead.") But I'd also add the family "dinner" at the beginning of "Little Miss Sunshine," as a sad example of dinner in too many modern households.
Kathleen Purvis at 9:23AM on 01/23/07
Do we have to limit it to dinner? The scene in which Jeff Spicoli orders pizza delivery to Mr. Hand's classroom in Fast Times is priceless.
Adam Kuban at 11:31AM on 01/23/07
How about the movie "Dinner Rush"? It was directed by Bob Girardi and filmed at Gigino in Tribecca. The dinner scenes are very funny and the realistic kitchen scenes could only have been filmed by someone in the food industry (as Bob obviously is!) GREAT MOVIE!
Lucky's Real Tomatoes at 11:32AM on 01/23/07
Tampopo is one of my favorite food movies. Favorite scene:
He's studied noodles for 40 years. He was showing me the right way to eat them.
"Master, soup first or noodles first?"
"First, observe the whole bowl."
"Yes sir."
"Appreciate its gestalt. Savor the aromas. Jewels of fat glistening on the surface. Shinachiku roots shining. Seaweed slowly sinking. Spring onions floating. Concentrate on the three pork slices. They play the key role, but stay modestly hidden. First, caress the surface with the chopstick tips."
"What for?"
"To express affection."
"I see."
"Then poke the pork."
"Eat the pork first?"
"No. Just touch it. Caress it with the chopstick tips. Gently pick it up and dip it in the soup on the right of the bowl. What's important here is to apologize to the pork by saying 'See you soon'. Finally start eating, the noodles first."
"Oh, at this time while slurping the noodles, look at the pork. Eye it affectionately."
The old man bit some shinachiku root and chewed it awhile. Then he took some noodles. Still chewing noodles, he took some more shinachiku, then he sipped some soup. Three times. He sat up, sighed, picked up one slice of pork as if making a major life decision and lightly tapped it on the side of the bowl.
Alaina Browne at 11:48AM on 01/23/07
All of the dinner scenes in Tortilla Soup make my mouth water: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0255653/
Erin at 12:23PM on 01/23/07
I'm going to have to go with 9 1/2 Weeks when he's feeding her different foods while she's blindfolded --but this might count more as a snack...
jbeach at 1:31PM on 01/23/07
Babette's Feast is the best food movie ever made. The French dinner sequence is a work of art, historically accurate, and inspirational.
hsj67 at 1:48PM on 01/23/07
Eat Drink Man Woman
Livetotravel at 1:49PM on 01/23/07
'Bullitt', and I don't think the food's even shown.
Sandro at 2:14PM on 01/23/07
the cook, the thief, his wife & her lover.
Dish at 3:21PM on 01/23/07
I always loved the dinner scene in Clue...mmm...monkey brains
orinky at 4:48PM on 01/23/07
Any of the food scenes in Goodfellas - like when they cook in prison......
Hopcat at 5:44PM on 01/23/07
I'm with Alaina on this one. That scene in "Tampopo" is wonderful.
Eamon at 6:22PM on 01/23/07
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom? First meal scene to make me NOT want to eat. That's power.
weisslikesrice at 7:53PM on 01/23/07
"Like water for chocolate" and "La Grande Bouffe" with MArcello Mastoianni. Amazingly best.
Izzy at 9:12PM on 01/23/07
Great food movies that come to mind are Tampopo and Eat Drink Man Woman (for the opening cooking scene)
fatbuddy at 11:22PM on 01/23/07
These are all great! I always liked the scene in "The Godfather" where Clemenza teaches them how to cook. Oh, I would love to have that recipe!
vidadulce at 1:34AM on 01/24/07
Although it really dates me, I have to go with "Tom Jones".
grampart at 9:22AM on 01/24/07
How about that dinner in Soylent Green where they find some real wine and meat? No. 1 for me is Babette's Feast though.
zee at 1:39PM on 01/24/07
Monty Python The Meaning of Life when the fat guy explodes after his after-dinner mint!
jonfoxx at 8:10PM on 06/19/07
La Vie Boheme from the movie Rent. No food is really eaten but they order it and its amazing.
zachberger at 8:17PM on 06/19/07
A dinner scene that is memorable for being cringe-worthy and hilarious (rather than delicious) is the one in "The Birdcage," when the hosts are desperately trying to cover up the homoerotic images on their china and the fact that "Mother Coleman" is actually a man (while she charms the pants off the conservative senator).
maasikas at 10:20AM on 06/20/07